comp methods Flashcards

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whats data mining

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technique used to identify patterns or outliers in large sets of data,

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problem with data mining

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often involves handing personal data , so must follow data protection act rules

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what are herustics

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a non-optimal, ‘rule-of-thumb’ approach to problem-solving to find an approximate soloist ion to a problem that would otherwise have been to time consuming or resource intensive

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what is performance modeling

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eliminates the need for true performance testing by providing
mathematical testing methods

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whats piplining

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output of one process in pipelining
becomes the input of another,

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whats visualisation

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Data can be presented in a way that is easier for us to understand

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What is backtracking and How does it work

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A problem-solving technique implemented using algorithms, often
recursively.
visiting each path and building a solution based on the paths found to be correct. If a path is found to be invalid at any point the algorithm backtracks to the previous stage and visits and alternative path

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